*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1848309 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848309
Confirming this is related to bug #1848309 except in this case was caused by VBoxService. $ systemctl status systemd-timesyncd ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf Active: inactive (dead) Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2020-01-06 22:27:32 AEDT; 4min 17s ago └─ ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8) Jan 04 17:09:56 ubuntu systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Network Time Synchronization being skipped. After purging virtualbox-guest-utils and virtualbox-6.0, ntp sync was successful: $ systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-01-07 10:59:06 AEDT; 4min 14s ago Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8) Main PID: 10499 (systemd-timesyn) Status: "Synchronized to time server for the first time [2001:67c:1560:8003::c7]:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com)." Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) Memory: 1.7M CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service └─10499 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd Jan 07 10:59:06 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization... Jan 07 10:59:06 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization. Jan 07 11:03:17 ubuntu systemd-timesyncd[10499]: Synchronized to time server for the first time [2001:67c:1560:8003::c7]:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com). ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1848309 "Automatic Date & Time" doesn't reflect the service status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1858095 Title: 'Automatic Date and Time' automatically disabled when trying to enable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1858095/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs